shepardo01
Well-Known Member
Deserved - decent performance.
Just imagine if we'd have had Kalvin Phillips!.....
Just imagine if we'd have had Kalvin Phillips!.....
Yeah, all very valid points.No I think actually we go into this final as slight underdogs tbh .
I actually think Southgate should be very proud of how he set us up tonight first half , and his subs won us the game in the end .. he struggled to counter the Dutch changes second half mostly although they never really looked like scoring
He beat a world top 10 team in a semi final
That's where I am with him. Clearly a lovely bloke; just think he's been average at managing ( on the pitch) a decent group of players.I've enjoyed almost none of his tenure , but actually I rather enjoyed tonight
Cody Gakpo is just a shit Hadji Wright
Coincides with Shaw bringing more balance to the left wing.I know they say keep politics out of football, but it's funny we start playing well the minute Labour get into power isn't it.
Southgate’s teams can be boring, pedestrian and safety first but football is ultimately a results game and he has delivered results in the tournaments. Cant argue with his record.
Please can someone explain to me why they'd want Southgate to leave the job if we win the tournament. Genuinely interested.
We made them look poor because we dealt with them. Job done, Berlin here we come.An actually pretty decent performance tonight, albeit the Netherlands looked really poor. Never a penalty, but a fantastic touch and finish by Watkins for the winner.
Best team won on the day, I thought, and onto the final. Go again Sunday. COME ON ENGLAND!
The Netherlands weren’t a decent team? Ranked 7th in the world…They will play a decent team for the first time on Sunday, and will lose.
They will play a decent team for the first time on Sunday, and will lose.
All you whiners can shut up about Southgate now. Case closed, goodnight x
You’d think they’d find a tvSuch very fine margins isn't it. We were 86 seconds away from going out of the competition completely. Had that happened, that would have been humiliating and there would have been much gnashing of teeth and wailing and finger pointing at the manager, but now here we are, in a final.
We can't pretend it's been some kind of master plan to be scoring goals right at the death.
Not trying to take anything away from the achievement last night, however. Southgate still made mistakes and the subs should have been made earlier, because we were on the back foot and the Dutch looked more threatening, but we got it right in the end.
I thought Trippier was a worry in that first half too. His positioning at times was all over the place.
Very positive move from GS though to bring Shaw on at half time, so hat's off to him for that and praise too for the subs. Just wish it had been a bit earlier.
We played so much better last night, which was so nice to see and to see Foden play with freedom.
Fair bit of luck helps too. We wouldn't have complained too much had that penalty not been given and the Dutch did have a very valid point just before the winning goal, because Guehl seemed to just lose his balance and fall over and the Dutch player would have been clean through and bearing down on goal had play been allowed to continue. Luckily, we got the free kick
As I say, the margins between success and failure can be minute.
But well done to Southgate for last night. He does deserve a lot of praise for that performance and setup
I don't mind if we lose on Sunday as long as we play like that. Just don't want us to go into a shell and be too cautious again and get beaten quite easily without laying a glove.
We're in the final. Let's enjoy it and Southgate does seem such a lovely bloke, so I would like us to win it for him, because what a great legacy that would be for him and he'd be a hero wherever he went in life after.
Now I just have to hope they are showing the game on the ship I am on, on Sunday, because I am going to be on a cruise to the Norwegian fjords when it kicks off.
Not sure the Faroe Islands qualified mateAs a proud Paddy, I love everything Irish, but I wore an England T-shirt last night while watching the game. Went nuts when Watkins scored! Well done lads! You had my heart last night and I'll be watching on Sunday, although I feel that Spain will be a massive test.
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